Daily Beast

'The Daily Beast' is a progressive American news and opinion website focused on politics and pop culture. In a 2015 interview, editor in chief John Avlon described 'The Beast's editorial approach: "We seek out scoops, scandals and stories about secret worlds; we love confronting bullies, bigots and hypocrites". Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Daily Beast has hosted 5 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2010 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2013 with an average of 863 views per video. Most appearances with Tina Brown (8), Niall Ferguson (3), Sheila C. Bair (2). Most common tags: Gender Issues, Washington Politics, India.

Recent Programs

April 5, 2013
Women's Rights in Libya

Alaa Murabit, who took part in the Libyan revolution, talked about the women’s rights group she started, the Voice of Libyan…
April 5, 2013
Violence Against Women in India

Indian journalists and human rights advocates talked about violence against women in India. Much of their discussion focused on…
April 5, 2013
Food Preservation

Kavita Shukla talked about the device she created at the age of 17 that was being used in 35 countries to preserve food.…
April 5, 2013
Women and Technology

Panelists talked about women and technology, including women in senior-manangement positions in technology companies, and the the…